1) Which state has announced to

launch Arundhati Swarna Yojana ?

A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Kerala
C) Assam
D) Gujarat
Answer – Assam

•Under the scheme, the state

government will offer 10 grams of gold
as a gift to every adult bride who has
completed at least 10th standard and
has registered her marriage.

•The scheme will cost around Rs 800

crore annually on the state
government.
•The State government will not give 
•The State government will not give
the gold directly to beneficiary bride 
but will provide Rs 30 000 to purchase
but will provide Rs.30,000 to purchase 
10 gms of gold. 

•To avail this benefit, the eligible bride 
and bridegroom must apply for the
and bridegroom must apply for the 
scheme before the date of their 
wedding.
wedding
2) With which bank India Sign $91
Million Loan for Comprehensive Water
Management in Karnataka ?

A) World Bank
B) ADB
C) AIIB
D) NDB
Answer – ADB

•The Asian Development Bank (ADB)

and the Government of India signed a
$91 million loan to modernize the
Vijayanagara Channel irrigation
systems and prepare river basin
management plans in the Krishna river
basin that will help improve irrigation
water use efficiency and contribute to
improving sustainable water security
in Karnataka.
Karnataka
3) When was the National Milk Day
organized ?

A)27th November
B)22nd November
C)25th November
D)26th November
Answer – 26th Nov.

•National Milk Day is observed every year

on 26
o 6 November
o e be to co commemorate
e o ate tthe
e
birthday of Dr. Varghese Kurien, the
father of India’s White Revolution.

•The day is celebrated to promote

benefits related to milk and milk industry
and to create awareness among people
about importance of milk and milk
products. This year India is celebrating
98th birth
bi th anniversary
i off Dr.
D Kurien.
K i
•Dr. Verghese Kurien the world’s
largest agricultural development
program. He established 30
institutions which are run by various
farmers and workers and played a key
role in establishment and success of
Amul brand.

•India is the largest Milk producing

country in the world.
world
4) What is the theme of the 2019
World Toilet Day ?

A)When Nature Calls

B)Toilets for All
C)Leaving No One Behind
D)Follow the Flush
Answer ‐ Leaving No One Behind

•World Toilet Day is celebrated on

November 19 every year, year to raise
awareness and to inspire action to
tackle the global sanitation crisis.
crisis

•The aim behind this is to achieve

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)
6 which promises sanitation for all by
6,
2030.
5) The Election Commission of India
hosted the 4th General Assembly of
Association of World Election Bodies
(A‐WEB)
(A WEB) at _____.

A. Hyderabad
B Bengaluru
B.
C. Delhi
D Mumbai
D.
E. Kolkata
Answer – Bengaluru

•India take over as A‐WEB’s Chair for

the 2019
2019‐21
21 term.
term

•An International Conference on

Initiatives and Challenges of Social
“Initiatives
Media and Information Technology in
Elections” was also held on 04th
Elections
September, 2019.
•The Association of World Election
Bodies (A‐WEB) is largest association of
Election Management Bodies (EMBs)
worldwide.
worldwide

•A‐WEB was established on October 14,

2013 in Song
Song‐do
do, South Korea.
Korea
•The permanent secretariat of A‐WEB is
located at Seoul.
Seoul

•A‐WEB’s
A WEB s vision is to foster efficiency
and effectiveness in conducting free,
fair transparent and participative
fair,
elections worldwide.
6) What was the theme of the World
Coconut Day 2019 ?

A. “Coconut
A Coconut for Family Wellness
Wellness”
B. “Coconut for Good Health, Wealth &
Wellness .
Wellness”
C. “A Healthy Wealthy Life with
Coconut
Coconut”
D. “Coconut for Family Nutrition, Health
and Wellness
Wellness”
E. None of these
Answer – “Coconut for Family
Wellness
Wellness”

•World
World Coconut Day was observed on
September 2, 2019.

•It was established in 2009 to

commemorate the formation day of
Asian Pacific Coconut Community
(APCC) which is under the aegis of the
United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific
(UN‐ESCAP).
•The day highlights the importance and
uses of coconuts.
coconuts

•In
In India,
India Coconut Development Board
(CDB) celebrated the 21st Edition of
World Coconut Day at Kalinga Institute
of Industrial Technology in Odisha.
7) Which state tops Niti Aayog’s School
Education Quality Index 2019 ?

A. Kerala
B Delhi
B.
C. Maharashtra
D Andhra Pradesh
D.
E. Meghalaya
Answer – Kerala

•Kerala has bagged the number one

rank followed by Rajasthan in overall
performance.

•In small states category, Manipur has

claimed the top spot followed by
Tripura and Goa in overall performance.

•Chandigarh topped the list of Union

Territories.
Territories
8) Where was the World Hindu
Economic Forum 2019 held ?

A. Mumbai
B Delhi
B.
C. Chennai
D Hyderabad
D.
E. Vishakhapatnam
Answer – Mumbai

•The World Hindu Economic Forum has

earlier been organised in London,
Chicago, Losa Angeles, Hong Kong, and
Nairobi.
•WHEF was created to bring together
financially successful members in Hindu
society, to share business knowledge,
expertise and resources with their
fellow brethren “to trigger the creation
of surplus wealth and make society
prosperous”.
9) Which ministry has launched the
Rural Sanitation Strategy (2019‐2029) ?

A. Ministry of Jal Shakti

B Ministry of Rural Development
B.
C. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare
D. Ministry of Panchayati Raj
E None of these
E.
Answer – Ministry of Jal Shakti
•Department
Department of Drinking Water and
Sanitation .

•The 10 year strategy focuses on the

need for States/UTs to continue their
efforts to sustain the gains of the
mission through capacity strengthening,
strengthening
IEC (Information, education and
communication)
communication), organic waste
management, plastic waste
management grey water management
management,
and black water management.
10) Which Indian company has won the
UN Global Climate Action Award ?

A. TCS
B Wipro
B.
C. Infosys
D Coniziant
D.
E. BOSCH
Answer – Infosys

•The UN Global Climate Action Awards

are organized by the Momentum for
Change initiative of the UN Climate
Change Secretariat.
•The award winning projects are
recognized for their innovative
solutions that address climate change,
and help drive progress on many other
sustainable development goals, such as
poverty alleviation, gender equality and
economic opportunity.
11) Who is the author of the book
‘R t Regaining
‘Reset: R i i I di ’ Economic
India’s E i
Legacy’?

A. Manmohan Singh
B Viral V Acharya
B.
C. Raghuram Rajan
D Subramanian Swamy
D.
E. Arundhati Bhattacharya
Answer ‐ Subramanian Swamy

•Former president Pranab Mukherjee

released a book written by BJP MP
Subramanian Swamy that tracks the
country’ss economic development over
country
the years and offers solutions for
future growth.
growth
•The former president also
acknowledged the MP’s input on
liberalising trade when the latter was
the commerce minister in the short‐
lived Chandra Shekhar government in
1990‐91.
12) Who has been appointed as the
new Chief of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) ?

A. Christine Alemany
B Kristalina Georgieva
B.
C. Christine Lagarde
D Ellen Alemany
D.
E. David Malpass
Answer – Kristalina Georgieva
13) Name the 17‐year‐old girl from
Rajasthan who made the entire nation
proud when she received the
Changemaker Award ?

A.
A Payal Jangid
B. Ritu Sharma
C
C. Sumana Jangid
D. Malala Yousafzai
E
E. Rani Rampal
Answer – Payal Jangid
•Payal Jangid won the award because
she helped discourage child marriages
and also successfully persuaded
parents to keep their children in
education.
education

•The Bill and Melinda Gates

Foundation conferred the Goalkeepers
Global Goals Awards to PM Modi for
the progress India has made in
providing safe sanitation under his
leadership.
14) The SASTRA Ramanujan prize for
2019 will be awarded to
mathematician Adam Harper. He
belongs to which country ?

A.
A Germany
B. USA
C
C. England
D. Russia
E
E. Ireland
Answer – England

•The SASTRA Ramanujan prize for 2019

will be awarded to mathematician
Adam Harper, Assistant Professor with
the University of Warwick,
Warwick England.
England
•The prize carries a citation and an
award of $10,000
$10 000 and is conferred
annually on mathematicians from
across the world,
world who are less than 32
years of age, working in an area
influenced by the genius Srinivasa
Ramanujan.
15) Who was conferred with the
prestigious International Association of
Athletics Federations (IAAF) Veteran
Pin Award ?

A.
A Mary Kom
B. Pullela Gopi Chand
C
C. P T Usha
D. Sachin Tendulkar
E
E. Viswanathan Anand
Answer – P T Usha

•The prestigious International

Association of Athletics Federations
(IAAF) Veteran Pin Award, for her
contribution to the growth of sport.
sport
16) The 2019 UN Climate Action
Summit was organised in which city ?

A. Vienna
B
B. Paris
C. New York
D
D. London
E. Berlin
Answer – New York
•UN Climate Action Summit was held
in New York, United States to address
the global climate emergency.
emergency

•UN Secretary‐General Antonio

Guterres will convene a summit to
mobilize political and economic energy
at the highest levels to advance
climate action that will enable
implementation of many of the goals
of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development.
•The
Th UN 2019 Climate
Cli t Summit
S it will
ill
convene on the theme, ‘Climate
Action Summit 2019: A Race We
Can Win. A Race We Must Win.’
17) Who has been appointed as
Chairman of the Association of Mutual
Funds in India (AMFI) ?

A.
A Arvind Subramanian
B. Nilesh Shah
C
C. Balkrishna Kini
D. N. S. Venkatesh
E
E. Srinivasa Murthy
Answer – Nilesh Shah

•Nilesh Shah succeeded Managing

Director and CEO of ICICI Prudential
Director,
Asset Management Company, Nimesh
Shah who was appointed to the post
Shah,
in 2018.

•The board has also appointed Saurabh

Nanavati Chief Executive Officer,
Nanavati, Officer
Invesco Mutual Fund, the new Vice‐
Chairman of AMFI.
AMFI
•AMFI was incorporated on August 22,22
1995, as a non‐profit organisation.

•As of now,now all the 44 asset

management companies that are
registered with Sebi , are its members.
members
18) In which of these cities has the PM
Modi inaugurated the Gandhi Solar
Park and Gandhi Peace Garden ?

A. New York
B
B. Paris
C. Bejing
D
D. Singapore
E. Washington DC
Answer – New York

•Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared

his thoughts on Mahatma Gandhi at a
programme hosted by India in New
York.
York

•Mr Modi along with others world

leaders also inaugurated the Gandhi
Solar Park at the UN headquarters and
released a commemorative stamp
issued by the UN on the occasion of
Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary.
•Prime Minister Narendra Modi was
conferred the “Global
Global Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper”
award by the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation for the Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan launched by his government.
19) “Exercise Tiger Triumph” is the
maiden tri services exercise that will
be conducted between India and
which country ?

A. Germany
B
B. United Arab Emirates
C. Australia
D
D. USA
U.S.A
E. Russia
Answer – U.S.A
20) Shondol dance makes it to
Guinness book of records.
records The dance is
known as the royal dance of ________.

A. Jammu
B
B. Kashmir
C. Ladakh
D
D. Leh
E. None of these
Answer – Ladakh

•Shondol dance,
dance which is known as the
royal dance of Ladakh, has created
history by entering into the Guinness
Book of World Records as the largest
Ladakhi dance.
dance

•Shondol is a famous dance,

dance which
artistes used to perform for the king of
Ladakh.
Ladakh